My new baby has arrived...

[McDuck]

:drool: my katana is finally home. It is beautiful even in its slightly neglected state.

[98tls]

Good stuff,enjoy her,and post some pics eh.

[McDuck]

Will do. Will not need to much work ither.... sounds nice to.

[McDuck]

with some pics

[oldguy]

Very nice,:yes: with summer just around the corner, hope you will spend as much time as you can with her.

cheers John

[98tls]

:first:yea nice mate,i reckon that will scrub up real nice with a bit of TLC.

[McDuck]

:first:yea nice mate,i reckon that will scrub up real nice with a bit of TLC.

Oh yea. At the moment the main thing i am looking at replacing is the fuel tank as it has a number of problems with it. Then a few fuzes, and a few small things and she will be back on the road and happpppyyyyyyyyy

(and so will i:cool:)

[JimO]

hey that looks like a katana that went missing from my place on monday:Oi:............you happy McDuck

[jtzzr]

Nice one mate , are you going to restore her to just rolled off the factory floor condition?

[surfchick]

Oh yea. At the moment the main thing i am looking at replacing is the fuel tank as it has a number of problems with it. Then a few fuzes, and a few small things and she will be back on the road and happpppyyyyyyyyy

(and so will i:cool:)
wihoo
rad bike-love them
my ex-flatmate had one :) they're class man
totally awesome '80's lines, and big too

[Katman]

Please people, don't encourage him. He knows not what he's begun.:msn-wink:

[xwhatsit]

Hey I like that. It's nice to see a bit of frame! That's the great shame I think about modern sprotsbieks (Kiwibiker/possibly Dutch for sportsbike), you don't get to see the important bits like the motor and 'zorst and frame.

Kewl!

[Katman]

Please remember, moving your bike into your bedroom shows an eccentricity that borders on fetishism. (Moving your mattress into the garage however, is perfectly understandable).:msn-wink:

[McDuck]

hey that looks like a katana that went missing from my place on monday:Oi:............you happy McDuck

lol yea i ran all the way down, then walked it home in just one day............:second:

[McDuck]

Nice one mate , are you going to restore her to just rolled off the factory floor condition?

I am going to have a damn good go at it, will be a bit of work tho, i think it has been sat outside for a bit so everything as just a little bit of crroshion on it. Not enuff to do anything bad just not to good to look at.


Hey I like that. It's nice to see a bit of frame! That's the great shame I think about modern sprotsbieks (Kiwibiker/possibly Dutch for sportsbike), you don't get to see the important bits like the motor and 'zorst and frame.


Yea, kinda why i liked it when katman sent me the link to the listing.
And i may move it into my bedroom, after all i do play a cello, so i am half way there LOL

[Katman]

And i may move it into my bedroom, after all i do play a cello, so i am half way there LOL

Now there's an image de menage 'a tois(sp) I'll have trouble purging from my nightmares.:msn-wink:

[McDuck]

Now there's an image de menage 'a tois(sp) I'll have trouble purging from my nightmares.:msn-wink:

Lol i may have to fix the gass leak first...

[McDuck]

Ok so i have been or a little ride tot he end of the road and back, about 400m total and i loved it. Did not actualy go fast, not above about 10kph (lack of gear held me back a little) but it fantastic! I can not wate till it is back on the orad and me with gear so i can rid properly...

[JimO]

well i have ridden it about 8 ks, mostly on both wheels:woohoo::headbang:

[sidecar bob]

Nice one fella, She's beautiful.:niceone: But to be honest, im a tad biased.

[McDuck]

Nice one fella, She's beautiful.:niceone: But to be honest, im a tad biased.

I can understand that lol when she is regoed i will bring her over to tga for all my tga friends to have a look (and the ones that are over 25 can have a ride if they want :))

[McDuck]

well i have ridden it about 8 ks, mostly on both wheels:woohoo::headbang:

So you would know that all the other gears work ok?

[sidecar bob]

Hey duck, looking at your profile, i was exactly your age when i bought my Kat 1100 & at 41 i still have it.
My advice, Never sell it!!

[McDuck]

Hey duck, looking at your profile, i was exactly your age when i bought my Kat 1100 & at 41 i still have it.
My advice, Never sell it!!

I dont plan to. More to the point how the hell did you afford a 1100 at 18???

[sidecar bob]

I dont plan to. More to the point how the hell did you afford a 1100 at 18???

I had two goals when i left school, To have a 750 at 16, which i did, a '71 Honda CB750 4, & an 1100 at 18, which i also did, the Kat.
My goals are a little more ambitious & slightly more boring now.
How did i afford it? I couldnt really, $6800 with 22.000km on the clock in '84.

[mbazza]

Nice bike, right brand. Enjoy the ride. Cheers.

[McDuck]

I had two goals when i left school, To have a 750 at 16, which i did, a '71 Honda CB750 4, & an 1100 at 18, which i also did, the Kat.
My goals are a little more ambitious & slightly more boring now.
How did i afford it? I couldnt really, $6800 with 22.000km on the clock in '84.

Lol did you have any parent support? I knew from the moment i started driving i wanted a motorbike but mum would not have one on the property (she says they kill Heep's of people) so i had to wait till now. I buy this one and dad says 'i rode bikes when i was younger' i asked what happened and he said 'i got married'. So i guess i am never getting a chick then. (or i am getting a chick that likes bikes)...

[sidecar bob]

Lol did you have any parent support? I knew from the moment i started driving i wanted a motorbike but mum would not have one on the property (she says they kill Heep's of people) so i had to wait till now. I buy this one and dad says 'i rode bikes when i was younger' i asked what happened and he said 'i got married'. So i guess i am never getting a chick then. (or i am getting a chick that likes bikes)...

Mate i had zero parential support with bikes, same deal as you.
Dad had a bad expierence pillioning pissed guy on a Triumph in Opotiki in about 1953 so bikes were BAD!!
"fraid selling your bike to get married is just plain sad, dont go there.

[McDuck]

Mate i had zero parential support with bikes, same deal as you.
Dad had a bad expierence pillioning pissed guy on a Triumph in Opotiki in about 1953 so bikes were BAD!!
"fraid selling your bike to get married is just plain sad, dont go there.

Opotiki will do that to ya.:Pokey: I know i think if a girl asked me to do that i would tell her that if she quit shoes then i would quit bikes lol

Hay bob you know where i can get a badd sticker for my fuel tank when it has been repainted. (or two, one for before and one for after?)

[rudolph]

I had one of them for a wile, sold it to a guy who spent a lot of money and time on it and it looked mint:shifty:

[sidecar bob]

Opotiki will do that to ya.:Pokey: I know i think if a girl asked me to do that i would tell her that if she quit shoes then i would quit bikes lol

Hay bob you know where i can get a badd sticker for my fuel tank when it has been repainted. (or two, one for before and one for after?)

Jos (the guzzi widow) is currently working on a NZ sidecar racing association/BADD, combo sticker.
Will see you get one.
P.M T.G.W if you want a BADD one.

[McDuck]

Jos (the guzzi widow) is currently working on a NZ sidecar racing association/BADD, combo sticker.
Will see you get one.
P.M T.G.W if you want a BADD one.

One of the side car ones sounds cool...

[JimO]

So you would know that all the other gears work ok?


they work fine as do the stoppers:whistle:

[McDuck]

they work fine as do the stoppers:whistle:

lol i cant wate to test that for myself lol

[McDuck]

She is getting closer to the wof check.....

[McDuck]

Well she is over at katmans workshop. He is going to have a good go at un bending all the bent bits on her. All my new gear is here to, and my cat is more scared of me wearing it than the cat has ever been of me lol